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  • See Alaska -- all of it -- in beautiful space image
    By Becky OskinSpace.comFrom steaming volcanoes to sparkling lakes, almost all of Alaska's marvelous landscapes simmered under hours and hours of sunlight Monday, as seen by a NASA satellite.A scorching Alaskan heat wave caused by a high-pressure system meant few cloudson Monday, so NASA's Terra satellite snapped a rare image of the entire state. The view is similar to spotting the entire United St...
        


  • Admitted father-and-son pimp duo acquitted of sex-trafficking charges
    A father and son who ran a prostitution ring in New York were acquitted of sex-trafficking charges Wednesday after three out of the five prostitutes who worked for them testified in their defense.Vincent George Sr. and his son, Vincent George Jr., were convicted on charges of money laundering by Judge Ruth Pickholtz.New York District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. said, “The goal of this prosecution...
        


  • Bill Nye the Science Guy brings his smarts to your smartphone
    When "Bill Nye the Science Guy" went on the air in 1993, one of the smartest smartphones around was an $899 brick-sized contraption called the Simon Personal Communicator. Today, Simon is ancient history — but Bill Nye's smarts are still circulating, on video, on the Web, and now on the latest generation of smartphones and tablets.The Bill Nye the Science Guy app — introduced this month by Disney ...
        


  • Gone without a trace: 6 missing people 
    The enduring mystery of where Jimmy Hoffa is buried and the latest futile search for his remains this week have illustrated the continuing fascination with famous disappearances.Hoffa was last seen alive in suburban Detroit on July 30, 1975. For 38 years, authorities have searched multiple sites for his body. The latest search, conducted by the FBI in a field in Oakland Township, Mich. on a tip fr...
        


  • Take a billion-pixel tour of Curiosity rover's surroundings on Mars
    Fans of extraterrestrial anomalies will have a field day with the billion-pixel view of the Curiosity rover's surroundings at a place called Rocknest on Mars. The 360-degree clickable panorama lets you zoom in on an eerie Martian "bird," a weird series of holes, or a shiny object sitting on the Red Planet's surface.Never mind that all these anomalies are perfectly explainable: It's a weird and won...
        


 
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